1973 Lamar Cardinals football team

The 1973 Lamar Cardinals football team represented Lamar University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1973 NCAA Division II football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Vernon Glass, the Cardinals compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the Southland. Lamar played home games at Cardinal Stadium in Beaumont, Texas.

1973 Southland Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Louisiana Tech $^	5	–	0	–	0	12	–	1	–	0
Arkansas State	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Lamar	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
McNeese State	2	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	1
UT Arlington	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
SW Louisiana	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from AP small college poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	at New Mexico State*	Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	L 7–24	15,992
September 15	Howard Payne*	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	W 21–17	13,220
September 22	at No. 13 McNeese State	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA (Battle of the Border)	L 17–20	14,000	^[1]
September 29	at Drake*	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	L 10–24
October 6	West Texas State*	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	L 0–13	9,796
October 13	at UTEP*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	W 31–27	8,775	^[2]
October 20	Southwestern Louisiana	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX (Sabine Shoe)	W 31–0	9,079
October 27	Arkansas State	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	W 10–7	9,900	^[3]
November 10	No. 5 Louisiana Tech	Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX	L 3–17	10,200	^[4]
November 24	Texas–Arlington	Turnpike Stadium Arlington, TX	W 10–3	3,000	^[5]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "McNeese, 20–17". Victoria Advocate. September 23, 1973. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lamar rally with seconds to go stuns error-prone Miners, 31–27". The El Paso Times. October 14, 1973. Retrieved October 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lamar University gets Southland win". The Odessa American. October 28, 1973. Retrieved October 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Louisiana Tech clips Lamar 17–3". Waco Tribune-Herald. November 11, 1973. Retrieved June 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lamar tops UTA, 10–7". The Odessa American. November 25, 1973. p. 4D. Retrieved January 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2015 Lamar University Football". Lamar University Athletics. pp. 108–109. Retrieved March 26, 2016.